Rachel Carson. First edition, second printing (stated). Dust Jacket: Missing. Hardcover: Very Good+ Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. No markings or writing in this well preserved book, 368 pp. Sark green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. With 20+ black and white illustrations throughout. Decorative endpapers.
Rachel Carson's extremely influential work, which is credited with creating a worldwide awareness of the dangers of man-made environmental pollution. The ground-breaking work explores the effects of pesticides and other chemicals in destroying natural wildlife. This cclassic work pretty much started the Environmental Movement and directly led to the banning of DDT in the US.
